Grading NCLB: Policy briefs evaluate three years of education reform

http://www.cep-dc.org/nclb/NCLBPolicyBriefs2005/

November 1st, 2005

To help policy makers, the news media, and other stakeholders–including school officials–understand the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Center on Education Policy (CEP) has developed a series of four one-page policy briefs highlighting major findings from its 2005 annual report: “From the Capital to the Classroom: Year Three of the No Child Left Behind Act.” The first brief, released back in June, examines why urban schools are being identified for improvement at a disproportionate rate than suburban or rural schools. The remaining briefs, which are now available free of charge on CEP’s web site, address the following topics: “Middle Schools are Increasingly Targeted for Improvement”; “Is NCLB Narrowing the Curriculum?”; and “What School Districts Are Doing to Improve Teacher Quality in High-Need Schools.”